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Michael "Mischa" Zverev (born 22 August, 1987, in Moscow, Russia) is a German professional tennis player. He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev, who is also his coach. He now resides in Hamburg, Germany and represents Germany internationally. His career-high ranking is # 45 achieved on 8 June, 2009.
He had a successful junior career, attaining a # 3 ranking and reaching the semi-finals of the US Open (losing to Andy Murray), the quarter-finals of Roland Garros (losing to Alex Kuznetsov), and the quarter-finals of the Australian Open (losing to Novak Djokovic) in 2004.
In October 2006, he made his first ATP-level quarter-final in Bangkok, Thailand, beating former #1 Juan Carlos Ferrero and former #5 Rainer Schüttler before losing to former #1 Marat Safin.